The funny thing about polls... they can easily be twisted to support any arguement. Let's say that the "Yes" vote gets the most responses.... if the vB.org staff were behind the idea then they'd come out saying "See, the people have spoken!" but if the vB.org staff were against the idea then they'd come out saying "Well, it doesn't matter because not everybody voted" or "Only the people who wanted to see talks/ads of commercial hacks" voted or some other spin. And, of course, the flip side is true... if the "No" vote gets the most responses then the people wanting to see commercial hacks here would be able to spin it the same way.
Democracy at work, ain't it a killer? There's a reason why the US is a republic.